Project Manager Intern

Garmin Ltd.; Olathe (KS); On-site; USD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Garmin benefits

Job summary

Garmin International is seeking a full-time Project Manager Intern at its U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. The role focuses on project management and coordination across departments from concept to mass production.

You will support schedules, milestones, and documentation, working with program managers on complex projects and helping ensure on-time delivery of Garmin products.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software or related field.
• Excellent academics (GPA >= 3.0) as a general rule.
• Demonstrated strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Proven project management experience or knowledge of project management concepts/processes.
• Positive, detail oriented, organized, team oriented and a driven problem solver with ability to prioritize in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills with keen attention to detail.
• Ability to handle confidential matters.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Assist project management team with defining objectives, requirements, timelines and milestones for internal and external staff.
• Learn to create and adjust project schedules with milestones within subsystem dependencies.
• Assist with facilitating and documenting weekly project status meetings.
• Learn to understand market commitments and ensure schedules meet commitments.
• Collaborate with program managers on complex projects across multiple functional areas and track progress.
• Facilitate communications for core development teams with other teams.
• Learn to manage bill of materials, procedures for product release and tracking development.
• Support change control management and understand project priorities.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Organizational skills

Team oriented

Self-starter

Education

Pursuing an engineering degree (EE/ME/CE/Software)

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

MS Project

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a full-time Project Manager Intern at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. In this role, you will be responsible for providing project management and coordination between project team and other departments in the development of Garmin products from initial concept through mass production.

Essential Functions

• Assist project management team with providing guidance and leadership through definition of clear objectives, requirements, timelines and milestones to internal and external project staff
• Learn to create and adjust project schedules with well-defined milestones within subsystem dependencies
• Assist with management, facilitation, and documentation for weekly project status meetings
• Learn and understand market commitments and ensure product schedules can meet those commitments
• Work with program managers as required on complex projects across multiple functional areas, managing ongoing action items while tracking and reporting progress
• Work with project management to facilitate communications for core development team with other teams
• Learn to create and manage bill of materials, execute procedures for product release and track the development of project components
• Participate in management of change control and understand project priorities

Basic Qualifications

• Pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software or other related field
• Excellent academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 as a general rule)
• Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Proven project management experience and/or demonstrated knowledge in project management concepts/processes
• Must be positive, detail oriented, organized, team oriented and a driven problem solver, multi-tasker, and self-starter with the ability to prioritize work in a fast paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills, with keen attention to detail
• Ability to deal with confidential company matters
• Proficient computer skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Desired Qualifications

• Excellent academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.5)
• Experience working with MS Project
• Relevant knowledge, experience and/or training in one or more of the specialization areas: Automotive OEM, Handset Development, Handset Software, Consumer Automotive Development, Consumer Automotive Software

Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran's status, age or disability.
This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Intern Benefits